Belt-holder.



Patented Feb. 12,. 1901.

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ID. N. MUIR.

BELT HOLDER. (Application md mw. 12, 1900.)

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dira'rns DAVID N. MIIIR, OF YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO l/VILLIAM MAAS nimi rider.

EDIVARD BLUM, AND ISAAC BLUM, OF SAME PLACE.

BELT-'l-l0lLDER.

T'E'EIFIUA TIGN forming' part of Letters Patent No. 667.918. dated February 12, 1901. Application filed November 12. 1900- Serial No. 36,217. (No model.)

Be il known that I, DAVID N. MUIR, a citizen of the United States, residin,r at New York city, New York county,` New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements iu Belt-Holders, of which the following` is a full. clear. and exact description.

ily invention relates to belt-holding devil-es, and 1.articularly to devices which may be aitarhed to a garment by means of buttons secured to the garment.

The objects of my invention are to provide a simple article of manufacture which may be readily attached to a garment, which will leave the helt free for adjnstment, and which will securely hold the belt in position when in use.

Figure 1 is a Vertical projection of the device as attached to a garment. Fig. 2 is a plan view, largely in section, on the plane of the line X X of 1. Fig'. 3 is a view in perspecti ve of a portion of one adaptation of my invention.

In Finn l, A is a gz'irment which is to bo supportal` having the buttons B B attached thereto. C C represent a metallic form or frame of wire orsi m ilar material contracted at opposite ends and adapted io allow button shanks or fastenings to be inserted and held therein. D is a belt-loop in the form of a buckle-loop having a back-bar E, to which the frame O U is attached at O' 10/.

The device is adapted to hold a belt F, as shown dotted in Figi. l. If the buttons B B are for the use of snspenders, then the sus- 1:ender-loops may he buttoned to the garrnent inside or outside of the frame O O. In either' case the beit will cover the frame C O and the bnttons D.

In Fig. 8, D' is a modified form of belt-loop which may be used with my device.

The device is easily applied as follows: A button B, attached to the garment, is pushed through the opening` in the frame O at the entrance of the contracted portion. The frame is pulled over until by drawing a second button toward the first this second button may be pnshed through the opening in the frame at the other side of the belt-loop and then drawn into place. The belt may then be inserted in the loop D, as in any belt-loop, leaving nothing visible outside the belt except V.he buckle D. Of course this bnckle may be of such form or design or may be of such material as to give the appearance which may be desired. The frame O O may he attached to the buckle-loop D by hinges O' C', thus ;living a flexiblc and with the frame O C a springy device which will conform smoothly to the body of the wearer. I do not wish to he limited, however, to the use of a hinge connection for the loop and frame. The buckleloop might be simply pivoted to the frame or otherwise attached thereto.

This device is particularly ad vantageous in that by its employment the belt may be so adjusted as to cover the top bindinzf or edge of the garment entirely, giving a much neater appearance. When it is desired, buttons may be secured to the garment specia-lly for this device, as many and in such positions as are wished.

i/Vhat I claim is-- 1. A belt-holder comprising` a belt-loop, an atTaching-frame for said loop composed of parts extending outwardly at each side of said belt-loop7 each of said parts being adapted to engage a button.

2. A belt-holder comprising` a belt-loop, a frame hinged thereto and adapted to be secu red to a garment by a plurality of buttons.

3. A bclt-holder comprising a belt-loop, a spring-frame hinged thereto and adapted to be secured to a garment by means of a plurality of buttons.

4. A belt-holder comprising' a frame adapted to be secured to a garment by means of a plurality of buttons and a belt-loop attached to said frame.

5. In a belt-holding device, a belt-loop, an attaching-frame comprising oppositely-directed members projecring` from said beltloop and located in a plane substantially central with respect thereto,said attaching-frame comprising' side bars contracted so as to leave large openings adjacent to the belt--loop and passages extending outwardly from either side of said loop, each adapted to engage and hold a button.

6. In a belt-holding device, a belt-loop, an

attaching-frame hinged to the belt-loop comprising` oppositeIy-directed members projecttral with respect thereto, said attaching-frame substantially central with respect thereto, comprising side bars contracted so as to leave said attaching-frame comprising side bars large openings and passages extending out.- contracted so as to leave large openings adwardly and being closed at the end for the 15 5 jacent to the belt-loop and passages extendpu rpose of securing a button.

ing ontwardly from either side of said loop, Signed at New York, N. Y., this 10th day each adapted to engage and holda button. of November, 1900.

ing from said belt-loop and located in a plane 7. In a belt-holding device, a belt-loop, an DAVID N. MUIR. attaching-frame comprising oppositely-di- Witnesses: Io rected members projecting from said belt- L. VREELAND,

loop and located in a plane snbstantially cen- R. S ALLYN. 

